Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation

by Michael D. Harris

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In this book, artist and art historian Michael Harris investigates the role of visual representation in the construction of black identities, both real and imagined, in the United States. He focuses particularly on how African American artists have responded to--and even used--stereotypical images in their own works.

Harris shows how, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, racial stereotypes became the dominant mode through which African...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807856967

ISBN13:9780807856963

Release Date:February 2006

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:281 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.2" x 10.4"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Design Discrimination & Racism History & Criticism Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations

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